Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 07:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 486 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2225 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 64 Parallax 71.7 53% 67 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 54.8 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4349 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1113 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68774527750 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 427 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 720 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 283468955678 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2289268818702 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5273 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7931 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7030 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3020 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 342 Mixed 330 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 11.4 90% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 41.1 87% 179 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11484 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2993 (B1) Unknown 91 91 180 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1596 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40092526637	88% Excellent	Read 498 Write 402 Mixed 418 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 36.3 130% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 22.5 32% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 115%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387788207 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 250 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569937441 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 153 Mixed 152 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-4GAB 0420 F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 F3-2400C11-4GAB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,871 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16